We don´t rent to people from your country

“We don't rent to people from your country,” he said.

“But you don't even know who I am,” I replied.

He hung up. And I burst into tears.

I was 17. I was born and raised in Brazil. I decided to leave my home country to pursue a Bachelor's degree in International Relations in Belgium.

I had just moved from far away land and I had to deal with a lot.

A foreign …